Combat movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant combat movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, rough, cult classic, exciting and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with combat, battles, violence, soldier, military, war, mission, danger, blood and death plots mostly in Drama, Action and War genres shot in USA, UK, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as combat: The Outpost (2019), The Pacific (2010), Pearl Harbor (2001), Band of Brothers (2001), Over There (2005), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), Hacksaw Ridge (2016), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Black Hawk Down (2001), Fury (2014).

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 6.8
 40K
The Outpost (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, brutal, perverse, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: u.s. army, combat, soldier, war, death, taliban, roadblock, army, military, danger, battles, shooting ...
Time: 2000s, year 2008, year 2009, year 2006, year 1984 ...
Place: afghanistan, middle east
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 8.3
 128K
The Pacific (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 530 min.
TV show
Story: A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Style: serious, disturbing, emotional, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, military, battlefield, war, battles, marines, soldier, combat, squad, american soldier, pacific war, imperial japan ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 2010s, 20th century
Place: pacific ocean, japan, alabama, okinawa, asia ...
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 6.2
 350K
Pearl Harbor (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
Story: The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, emotional, epic, period piece ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot: world war two, war, love, military, combat, airplane, love triangle, navy, fighter pilot, wartime, aviation, love and romance ...
Time: year 2001, 1940s, 50s, 20th century, year 1942 ...
Place: hawaii, pearl harbor, japan, asia, america ...
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Malta, Morocco
Duration: 144 min.
Story: An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Style: intense, suspenseful, realistic, tense, factual ...
Audience: manly
Plot: cia, war, terrorism, rescue mission, mercenary, swat team, military, navy seal, courage, gunfight, commando, combat ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2016, year 2011, 21st century
Place: libya, middle east, africa, pentagon, langley virginia ...
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Band of Brothers (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 594 min.
TV show
Story: Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company ...
Style: heroic, epic, captivating, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: world war two, military, combat, war, soldier, battles, courage, american soldier, paratrooper, behind enemy lines, nazi germany, infantry ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, y2k, 2000s
Place: germany, europe, belgium, netherlands, austria ...
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 7.8
 5K
Over There (2005)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Gritty, intense, evocative and emotional, "Over There" takes you to the front lines of battle and explores the effects of war on a U.S. Army unit sent to Iraq on their first tour of duty, as well as the equally powerful effects felt at ...
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, rough, intellectual ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: iraq war, military, soldier, combat, u.s. army, friendship, army life, violence, danger, hopes, self sacrifice, right and wrong ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iraq, middle east
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Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: While flying a routine reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, fighter pilot Chris Burnett photographs something he wasn't supposed to see and gets shot down behind enemy lines, where he must outrun an army led by a ruthless Serbian general. With ...
Style: suspense, exciting, dramatic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: sniper, military, survival, behind enemy lines, courage, fighter pilot, u.s. navy, war crime, fighter plane, rescue, bosnian war, aviation ...
Time: year 2001, 20th century, year 1995, 21st century
Place: bosnia, balkan, serbia, former yugoslavia, europe ...
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 8.1
 588K
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia, USA, UK, China
Duration: 139 min.
Story: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, harsh, motivational ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, war, soldier, conscientious objector, combat, religion, survival, american soldier, military, us military, bible, u.s. army ...
Time: 1940s, year 2016, 2010s, 20th century, year 1945 ...
Place: okinawa, okinawa japan, japan, tennessee, usa
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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 169 min.
Story: As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Style: realistic, epic, breathtaking, captivating, tense ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, kids, date night, adult
Plot: war, world war two, military, courage, battles, self sacrifice, sniper, friendship, nazi, army, d day, rescue ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944, year 1998, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: normandy, poland, germany, france, europe ...
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 7.7
 421K
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 144 min.
Story: When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Style: realistic, epic, rough, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: war, combat, courage, battles, army, military, shooting, gunfight, chaos, sniper, survival, american soldier ...
Time: year 1993, year 2001, 90s, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place: africa, somalia, america, south africa, middle east ...
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 7.6
 542K
Fury (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Last months of World War II in April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank called "Fury" and its five-man ...
Style: serious, tense, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, family friendly, date night, adult
Plot: world war two, war, soldier, military, tank, battles, heroism, american soldier, ambush, violence, combat, nazi germany ...
Time: 1940s, year 2014, year 1945, 2010s, 20th century
Place: europe, germany, america
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Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, political, realistic, harsh ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: terrorism, cia, espionage, military, 9/11, special forces, manhunt, al qaeda, islamic terrorism, propaganda, terrorist plot, investigation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, september 11 2001, 2000s, year 2011 ...
Place: middle east, pakistan, iraq, baghdad iraq, afghanistan ...
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 7.8
 733K
Dunkirk (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Netherlands, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.
Style: epic, dramatic, atmospheric, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: world war two, military, survival, war, wartime, soldier, evacuation, military officer, beach, shell shock, air attack, combat ...
Time: 1940s, year 1940, year 2017, 2010s, 20th century ...
Place: france, england, english channel, dover england, britain ...
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 7.2
 292K
The Patriot (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 165 min.
Story: After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, ...
Style: period piece, dramatic, rough, uplifting, factual ...
Audience: manly, family friendly, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: american revolution, war, freedom, revolution, military, battles, vengeance, rebellion, human spirit, heroic mission, wartime, combat ...
Time: 18th century, year 2000, georgian era, y2k, 1780s ...
Place: south carolina, america, southern usa, virginia, britain ...
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The Battle of Jangsari (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Korean War, September 1950. In order to fight the enemy forces based in the South of the peninsula, General MacArthur orders the start of the Incheon Landing Operation, deploying diversionary attacks in other locations. Without real military forces ...
Style: bleak, suspense, tense, epic, brutal ...
Plot: korean war, military, combat, soldier, battles, female reporter, heroism, heroic mission, war, tragic event, bravery, infantry ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 1950
Place: korea
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Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min.
Story: When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.
Style: epic, realistic, emotional, tense, sad ...
Plot: war, korean war, military, soldier, combat, survival, idealism, mission, military life, courage, atrocity, patriotism ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, 50s, 1940s
Place: korea, north korea, south korea, china, east asia ...
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The Last Samurai (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the ...
Style: epic, breathtaking, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, manly, adult
Plot: samurai, sword fight, military, battles, war, japanese history, courage, warrior, katana, self discovery, pride and honor, human spirit ...
Time: 19th century, year 2003, victorian era, 1800s, middle ages ...
Place: japan, asia, africa, san francisco, tokyo ...
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Tears of the Sun (2003)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced to choose between their duty and their humanity, between following orders by ignoring the conflict that surrounds them, or finding the courage to follow their ...
Style: touching, serious, suspense, factual, compassionate ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: military, war, jungle, soldier, civil war, navy seal, commando, genocide, rescue mission, gunfight, violence, brutality ...
Time: year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: africa, nigeria, iraq, iran
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The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, ...
Style: action packed, futuristic, exciting, stylized, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, manly
Plot: alien, space, dystopia, lone hero, outer space, bounty hunter, tough guy, space and aliens, space opera, distant planet, one man army, one against many ...
Time: future, year 2004, near future, 2000s
Place: space western
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 6.7
 28K
Hamburger Hill (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their ...
Style: cult classic, realistic, action adventure, black and white, independent film ...
Audience: manly
Plot: vietnam war, soldier, military, combat, war, jungle, gunfight, anti war, great war, insanity, wartime, conflict ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place: vietnam, the philippines, asia
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Escape from New York (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash ...
Style: apocalyptic, exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, serious ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: dystopia, cyberpunk, prison, race against time, escape, post apocalypse, hostage, dystopian future, end of the world, rescue, distopia, darkness ...
Time: future, near future, 80s, year 1981, distant future ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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The Forgotten Battle (2020)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 124 min.
Story: November 1944. On the flooded isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, thousands of Allied soldiers are battling the German army. Three young lives become inextricably connected. A Dutch boy fighting for the Germans, an English glider pilot and a girl from ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, powerful
Plot: world war two, military, combat, war, british soldier, british military, killed in action, soldier, dam, shell shock, royal air force, british army ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: netherlands, germany, holland
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 6.1
 73K
Windtalkers (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Style: realistic, factual, intense, stylized, serious ...
Plot: world war two, military, war, native american, code, marines, artillery, wartime, battles, survival, soldier, friendship ...
Time: year 1944, 1940s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1943
Place: japan, america, arizona, asia, pacific ocean
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The Way of the Dragon (1972)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and ...
Style: breathtaking, humorous, stylized, talky, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, fight, gangster, master warrior, combat, tough heroes, karate, honor, vengeance, gang, culture clash ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: rome italy, china, hong kong, italy, europe ...
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The Expendables 2 (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, China
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
Style: exciting, action packed, bloody, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: gunfight, ex military, villain, mercenary, hotshot, tough heroes, commando, revenge, terrorist plot, leader, heroes, tough guy ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: europe, china, new orleans, nepal, paris france ...
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Starship Troopers (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an ...
Style: futuristic, stylized, bloody, exciting, allegory ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: military, alien invasion, creature, alien, space travel, monster, soldier, space and aliens, space wars, outer space, fictional war, evil alien ...
Time: future, 23rd century, 90s, year 1997, jurassic ...
Place: buenos aires argentina, space western
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The 13th Warrior (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, History
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In AD 922, Arab courtier, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan accompanies a party of Vikings to the barbaric North to combat a terror that slaughters Vikings and devours their flesh.
Style: epic, exciting, scenic, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot: viking, sword fight, barbarian, medieval, sword and sorcery, battles, mythology, sword, mission, heroic mission, arab, violence ...
Time: middle ages, 10th century, ancient times, year 1999, medieval times
Place: baghdad iraq, scandinavia
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A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 175 min.
Story: A Bridge Too Far tells the story of Operation Market Garden, the failed attempt by the allies to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland and allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and ...
Style: epic, realistic, suspense, intense, serious ...
Audience: manly
Plot: world war two, war, behind enemy lines, wartime, military, tank, combat, military operation, courage, allies, soldier, army ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place: germany, america, netherlands, europe, united kingdom ...
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 8.4
 705K
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter ...
Style: bleak, psychological, disturbing, surreal, visual ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: vietnam war, insanity, jungle, mission, anti war, army, military, violence, secret mission, soldier, violent, river ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 60s, year 1969
Place: vietnam, cambodia, southeast asia, asia, the philippines
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Reincarnated as a Sword (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Reincarnated as a sentient weapon with memories of his past life, but not his name, a magical sword saves a young beastgirl from a life of slavery. Fran, the cat-eared girl, becomes his wielder, and wants only to grow stronger, while the sword wants ...
Style: anime, captivating, shounen, 2d animation
Plot: magic, sword, fantasy world, reincarnation, combat, monster, elf, isekai, quest, magical object, memory lapse, fight ...
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